{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Forged: Timeless Ways of Living","title":"Junius Johnson on Learning to See the World as Wild and Wonderful","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3740,"description":"How do fairy stories prepare children for a world of suffering, courage, beauty, and surprise? And what happens when adults lose the imagination to see rain, trees, music, and ordinary acts of making as anything more than useful resources? Dr. Junius Johnson joins Brian Williams to explore how fantasy gives us categories for facing real danger, recognizing evil, practicing courage, and remaining open to wonder. Drawing from Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, George MacDonald, The Neverending Story, and his own life as a musician and father, Junius argues that good stories do more than entertain us. They train our affections and help us become the kind of people who can enter the world with wisdom, desire, and hope.\nTheir conversation moves from dragons and unicorns to grief, beauty, friendship, music, and the work of making. Along the way, Junius offers a practical invitation: read stories that enlarge your moral imagination, make something beautiful even when no one is watching, and resist the habit of calling the world “merely” ordinary.\nAbout the Guest\nJunius Johnson is a writer, teacher, speaker, independent scholar, and musician. His work focuses on beauty, imagination, and wonder in the Christian and Classical intellectual traditions. He is the executive director of Junius Johnson Academics and holds a BA from Oral Roberts University (English Lit), an MAR from Yale Divinity School (Historical Theology), and an MA, two MPhils, and a PhD (Philosophical Theology) from Yale University. He is the author of 5 books and is a contributing writer for the Humanitas textbooks with Classical Academic Press. He is co-host of The Classical Mind, a podcast discussing the great books of the Western tradition.\nGuest Links\nJunius Johnson Academics | https://academics.juniusjohnson.com/\nJunius Johnson Publications | https://www.juniusjohnson.com/\nThe Classical Mind Podcast | https://www.theclassicalmind.com/\nOn Teaching Fairy Stories | https://www.amazon.com/dp/1600514928/\nFather of...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/KTbBD8bgFaq-gNjtcFVbWCDJ5WjX2yagnVN5576RNCo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kODQ0/ZTJmNmZkMzNhM2Nm/YjUyMzFhYzEzZjkz/NTExMi5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}